Failure to crack JEE, 17-year-old student kills self with father's gun

The pressure on students to get good grades leaves a negative effect on them. Many also commit suicide in fear to face parents; so was it with a 17-year-old student, who allegedly committed suicide in Hyderabad on Tuesday by shooting himself over his failure to crack the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains test.

According to NDTV reports, Sahil allegedly used the pistol of his father, a retired army jawan, to kill himself at his house in the Neredmet neighbourhood in Secunderabad. Sahil's father had scolded him for failing the exam and for not concentrating on his studies. Depressed over his failure and the scolding from his father, Sahil is suspected to have taken the extreme step.

Currently, the police are questioning Sahil's father Meheruddin in regards to the case. He works as a security guard at a bank.

Media reports further state that Sahil took coaching for the JEE test but he failed to qualify. The JEE results were announced on Monday. This incident comes just days after 20 students ended their lives following a mistake over their intermediate examination results.